Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3452, James Farris, Va

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Farris, James
R. 3452
CONTENTS

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of The act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of Kentucky } ss County of Casey }
On this twelfth day of September 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Casey County, I have sitting James Farris a Resident in Casey, County and State of Kentucky aged about seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to Law both on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following Named Officers and served as herein stated in the Month of August seventeen hundred eighty nine as a Volunteer for four months as a private soldier in the Virginia militia in the Company commanded by Capt Nathan Farris and attached to the Ridgement Com manded by Col James Barnett. Randa marched at Stanford Lincoln County marched by Knoblick through the Country to Hardin River there across Salt River to the falls of Ohio near Louisville the head quarters of General George Ro gers Clark of the Continental Line & Commander in Chief of the Expedition who marched us across the Ohio River & thence through an unbroken wilderness to the port, on the  Wabash River near Vincennes Indiana State thence North Westward upwards of some Indians Towns

which we failed to find then returned to our posts then to the falls of Ohio & then up the country through by Meapes Station Harrodsburg & Danville to Stanford where he was Honorably discharged for four Months services and in august 1787 entered the State Line of Virginia for three Months as a volunteer militia man under the command of Col. James Knox in Capt John Ligans Company as a guide to the Road cutters from Ligans post near Stanford Lincoln County to Cumberland land & after which was opened as a middle way nearly the same Route as the Road now Runs, for which services of three Months he was Honorably discharged and in Janu- ary 1788 he Entered in Virginia State Line for twelve Months as a mounted militiaman or as they or later as commonly called but claims as Indian Spies at Ligans Garrison in Lincoln County Virginia under the command of Col Benjamin Ligon which he faithfully performed & was Honor- ably discharged for the said twelve terms or twelve Months and then Re-enlisted in Capt Robert Madams Company as an mounted Spies under the command of Col Benjamin Ligon under the Virginia State Line and acted as an Indian Spies for that time or term of twelve Months at Farris or Madarel Station as called on the Wilderness Road near where Bigg Sorel Bridge now stands in Laurel County Ky, & served out the full term of twelve Months & was Honorably discharged he again in January 1790 Entered for twelve months in Capt David Ligans Company

in the Regiment commanded by Colo Benjamin Logan and remained at the same station which the year before was commanded by Capt. McDowell and still some the duty of an Indian Spy for which we months & the need an honorable discharge as such the country through which we marched & upon which we acted as Indian Spies was from Logan's Fort in Green County to mountains  some Fort or station in Pamel Valley East of Cumberland Mtn down the three last years services was performed nearly in the same region of country upon the wilderness trail & out several the Cherokee Indian Nation I resided in Logan County (Virginia) at the time I first entered the service of the United States & at the same place when I entered or enlisted in the state service of Virginia (I have served three years and seven months in all) for which I have had honorable discharges but all have been lost & have no documentary evidence & knows of no person who has testi- mony He can prove who can testify to his service He have in all the various enga- gements served three years & seven months the first four terms under the call of Genl. McClintock for Volunteers to go up the West side as before stated the next three months services are due but know by order of Virginia Council of Safety & three last years services as a Spy by said Council of Safety, during the time of said three years & seven months service he was completely engaged at the several post as above stated to the entire exclusion of all other business or pursuits in life He hereby Relinquishes Every claim whatever

To a person or persons benefit the present and said one that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or of any other known to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
James Farris
we the Joseph Portman & Benjamin an residing in Gary County Kentucky and Owen Wilkerson residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Farris who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventytwo years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion (from the facts that the Indians near Cootersville committing depredations under the influence of the British who were still in possession of these forts & strong holds in Northwestern parts of the United States and more particularly within the neighborhood of those tribes of Indians which had been so long the avowed enemies of western Virginia now Kentucky, J. Portman Owen Wilkerson
with the above interrogatories (where and in what year were you born (supposed was born in the state 1770 in Halifax County Virginia do you have any record of your age (and if so where is it) (can you have the record of your age) (where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live (supposed I lived in Lincoln County Virginia when I stated -

No. 35.425
James Farris -
Ky
act 7. June 32
Cap.

The services of the United States. I after the term of services as before stated. I lived in the same County of Lincoln New the State of Kentucky and Resided there until some ten or twelve years ago, since that time I have lived in Gray County Kentucky 2 nd How were you called into services, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and, if a substitute for whom were you a substitute in every instance, (of the five engagements) I made with the publick all was as a Volunteer act 5 State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the General circumstances of your services An army General George Rogers Clark was a Regular officer I had Regular troops with us to the depots I suppose a Continental Regiment, and a Regiment of (Kentucky) (officers) then Virginia Militia commanded by Col. Lewis Barnett, Col. Knapp who commanded in spring the road before stated was a Militia officer, Col. Benjamin Logan was also a Militia officer Command- ant of the Line of Forts through the wilderness as above stated including Logan, English, Madaras or Harris, LaCoe, Middletons to Davis at Cumberland Mountain a distance of one hundred miles all in Lincoln County Virginia now Kentucky. These forts as above stated was designated Stations or Garrison a guard of Spies was kept at each fort under a Captain Commandant with a full number of Subaltern officers I am or was

Supplicant for the protection of the traveler on the Road to the Return of the Country by uncoiling one part to the other & by ever keeping a proper number of the Horse and in a position from whence the Indian was expected to come to watch for them & upon any sight of them or their sign either to pursue them, or give the earliest information possible to the Garrison or any individuals so they might be upon the watch also -
6th To a Soldier Did you ever receive a dis- charge from the Services & if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it
Answer, I received a discharge from the Services in every engagement, the first by Colo James Barnett the second by Colo James Knowlton the third by Colo Benjamin Benjamin Logan the fourth by Colo Robert Maduel the fifth by Colo David Logan (the two) latter discharge by order of Colo Benjamin Logan Commandant of the Regiment wherein they belonged (all five of the discharge as above stated, I have long since lost or have been misled so I can't say - Certainly what has become of them
7th Tell the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your ser- vices as a Soldier of the Revolution
Nathan Farris Ann Wilkinson and Thomas Hinson & George Patten and
said he further states upon oath the Reason he has never applied for a pension before, he did not know his claim of years

was embraced in the pension law until very recently -
The certificate of the Court - and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Sam Portman who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Casey and that Owen Wilkerson is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit and that the Farris Owen Wilkerson Thales Hunter George Portman of the applicants present Neighbors have all credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit
William Roy J.P.C.O. James Clark J.P.C.O. R.C. Napier J.P.C.O. John Humphrey J.P.C.O. John Chesney J.P.C.O. Jonathan Davenport J.P.C.O.
State of Kentucky Casey County 3 D.S.
I Joel Sweeney Clerk of the County Court of Casey do hereby certify that at a County Court held for Casey County on the 18th day of October 1842 The foregoing Affidavit of James Farris was presented to William Roy James Clark Richard C. Napier John Humphrey John Chesney Jonathan Davenport Justices of the Peace of the aforesaid County duly Commissioned

and qualified as such then acting Clerk of the County Court of Cass, being a Court of Record and the said James Harris in due form of law made Oath to the truth of the facts as stated in the P l Affidavit and of the Interrogatories thereto proposed by the said Justice
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my Name and affixed the seal of my Office at the Clerk's office in the Town of Liberty the day & date last above written
Isaac Sweeney Clerk

James Ferris.
Hy. Oct. 1832. Suspt.
A Hillandland

State of Louisiana County of Caddo
Be it Known, that on this 19 th day of January A. D. 185 3 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Nathan Farris
resident of Liberty Post Office in said County, and made oath according to law that with her oblige  he is the legal Heir of  James Farris dec'd who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 1834 that he is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT , of Washington City , my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of James Farris dec'd for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises. Nathan Farris
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Nathan Farris to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged. Anderson Rigby J.P. 66
State of Louisiana County of Caddo
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Caddo County that Nathan Farris the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is one of the same James Farris reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that Anderson Rigby Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this 19 th day of January 185 3
12. Isidore Sweeney CLK cc
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3 "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.
Advise me when you receive this as of the same day

no. 35. 425
Let to Jesse Coffey. Dec 9. 42
Copies of papers sent to H. N. A.
Caldwell May 24. 1844
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P. O. am
James Farris
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

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Middletown Ky November 24
Dec 5. 1842
Ken.
Jas. Davis 6 1832
L. Edwards Commission of Pensions Washington City D.C. —

Middlebury Ky November 24 th 1862
Dear Sir
Enclosed you will receive the Declaration of James Harris for a pension in due the act of Congress passed June 9 th 1832 as a Spy as stated in his declaration the reason he assigns for not applying sooner is ignorance of his claim you will please examine his claim upon as documents & report to me at Middlebury Ky. I am the same Jesse Coffey who has had correspondence with you Heartston on the subject of pension etc should you have for gotten me, I promise to our member in Congress Mr Stuart G. Burley senior member of brotherhood from Ky please let me hear from you soon with return I am same Jesse Coffey
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions